File No. 31597 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL) BETWEEN: ADIL CHARKAOUI APPELLANT (Appellant) - and - MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION, SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA RESPONDENTS (Respondents) - and- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO, CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION (ONTARIO), CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ASSOCIATION DES AVOCATS DE LA DÉFENSE DE MONTRÉAL, ASSOCIATION QUÉBÉCOISE DES AVOCATS ET AVOCATES EN DROIT DE L’IMMIGRATION INTERVENERS RESPONDENTS’ FACTUM English Translation Supreme Factum 2005 Limoges Street 613-737-0834 – Tel. Longueuil, Québec 450-442-2040 – Fax J4G 1C4 [email protected] L-2859-06 - 2 - JOHN H. SIMS, Q.C. Deputy Minister of Justice Deputy Attorney General of Canada By : Mtre. Christopher Rupar By : Mtre. Claude Joyal Ms. Ginette Gobeil Department of Justice Ministry of Justice 200 René-Lévesque Blvd. West 234 Wellington Street Complexe Guy-Favreau Room 1216 East Tower, 5th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1X4 K1A 0H8 (514) 283-8768 – Tel. (Mtre. Joyal) (613) 941-2351 – Tel. (514) 496-8115 – Tel. (Ms. Gobeil) (613) 954-1920 – Fax (514) 283-3856 – Fax [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Respondents Agent for Respondents Ms. Dominique Larochelle Mtre. Yavar Hameed Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal Hameed Farrokhazad LLP 800 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East 43 Florence Street 9th Floor Ottawa, Ontario Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M7 K2P 0W6 (514) 842-2233 Ext: 266 – Tel. (613) 232-2688 Ext: 223 – Tel. (514) 842-1970 – Fax (613) 232-2680 – Fax [email protected] [email protected] Attorney for Appellant Agent for Appellant Mtre. Russell Silverstein Henry S. Brown, Q.C. 20 Dundas Street West Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Suite 1100 2600 - 160 Elgin Street Toronto, Ontario P.O. Box 466, Stn "D" M5G 2G8 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1C3 (416) 977-5334 – Tel. (613) 233-1781 – Tel. (416) 977-8513 – Fax (613) 563-9869 – Fax [email protected] Attorney for Intervener Agent for Intervener Criminal Lawyers’Association (Ontario) Criminal Lawyers’Association (Ontario) - 3 - Mtre. Lorne Waldman Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Waldman & Associates Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 281 Eglinton Avenue East 2600 - 160 Elgin Street Toronto, Ontario P.O. Box 466, Stn "D" M4P 1L3 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1C3 (416) 482-6501 – Tel. (613) 233-1781 – Tel. (416) 489-9618 – Fax (613) 563-9869 – Fax [email protected] [email protected] Attorney for Intervener Agent for Intervener Canadian Bar Association Canadian Bar Association Mtre. François Dadour Poupart, Dadour et Associés 507 Place d'Armes, Suite 1402 Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2W8 (514) 526-0861 – Tel. (514) 526-9646 – Fax [email protected] Attorney for Intervener Barreau du Québec Mtre. Michael Bossin Community Legal Services-Ottawa Carleton 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 422 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7 (613) 241-7008 – Tel. (613) 241-8680 – Fax Attorney for Intervener Amnesty International - 4 - Mtre. Walid Hijazi Desrosiers, Turcotte, Massicotte 480 St-Laurent Blvd., B-503 Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y7 (514) 397-9284 – Tel. (514) 397-9922 – Tel. Attorney for Intervener Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal Ms. Pia Zambelli 6855, de L'Épée Avenue Suite 203 Montreal, Quebec H3N 2C7 (514) 274-9393 – Tel. (514) 274-5614 – Fax Attorney for Intervener Association Québécoise des Avocats et Avocates en Droit de l’Immigration Attorney General of Ontario Robert E. Houston, Q.C. Burke-Robertson 70 Gloucester Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0A2 (613) 236-9665 – Tel. (613) 235-4430 – Fax [email protected] Agent for Intervener Attorney General of Ontario - i - TABLE OF CONTENTS RESPONDENTS’ FACTUM Page Volume I PARTIE I – CONCISE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS .............................................. 1 a) Overview .............................................. 1 b) The facts .............................................. 2 1. The legislative context: the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act .............................................. 2 2. The meetings of Service employees with the appellant .............................................. 3 3. Judicial consideration .............................................. 4 4. Judicial consideration of the certificate is suspended .............................................. 7 5. Summary of interviews held on 31 January and 2 February 2002 .............................................. 8 6. Additional information from 6 January 2005 .............................................. 9 7. Fourth detention review of the appellant ............................................ 10 7.1 Adjournment of the hearing on the fourth detention review ............................................ 11 8. Appellant’s motion for a stay of proceedings ............................................ 11 9. Judgment of Mr. Justice Noël ............................................ 11 10. Judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal ............................................ 13 11. The new evidence: policies and procedures of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service ............................................ 14 12. New arguments from the appellant ............................................ 15 - ii - TABLE OF CONTENTS RESPONDENTS’ FACTUM Page Volume I (cont’d) PARTIE II – CONCISE STATEMENT OF THE QUESTIONS IN ISSUE ............................................ 16 PARTIE III – CONCISE STATEMENT OF ARGUMENT ............................................ 17 1. Legislation prior to passage of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act ............................................ 19 1.1 The Mackenzie Commission (1969) ............................................ 20 1.2 The McDonald Commission (1981) ............................................ 20 1.3 Bill C-157 and the Pitfield Report (1983) ............................................ 21 1.4 Conclusion ............................................ 21 2. CSIS Act ............................................ 23 2.1 Conclusion ............................................ 27 3. Operational policies ............................................ 27 4. Summary of interviews held on 31 January and 2 February 2002 and the additional information dated 6 January 2005 ............................................ 30 5. Compliance with principles of fundamental justice and the lack of prejudice ............................................ 31 5.1 Delay in providing the summaries of 31 January and 2 February 2002 and the summary of the “additional information” ............................................ 31 5.2 Admissibility of “additional information” – compliance with fundamental justice and lack of prejudice ............................................ 32 5.3 Interview notes – applicable principles of fundamental justice and lack of prejudice ............................................ 33 - iii - TABLE OF CONTENTS RESPONDENTS’ FACTUM Page Volume I (cont’d) 6. Reliability of interview summaries, information or other evidence ............................................ 36 7. Stay of proceedings ............................................ 37 8. Conclusion ............................................ 38 PARTIE IV – COSTS ............................................ 38 PARTIE V – ORDER REQUESTED ............................................ 39 PARTIE VI – TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ............................................ 40 PARTIE VII – LEGISLATION ............................................ 44 Annex I Criminal Code (R.S., 1985, ch. C-46) ...........................................45 Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S., 1985, ch. H-6) ...........................................53 Charities Registration (Security information) Act (2001, ch. 41) ...........................................55 Canada Evidence Act (R.S., 1985, ch. C-5) ...........................................58 Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (2005, ch. 46) ...........................................61 Privacy Act (L.R., 1985, ch. P-21) ...........................................62 Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (2000, ch. 5) ...........................................65 Access to Information Act (R.S., 1985, ch. A-1) ...........................................66 Specific Claims Resolution Act (2003, ch. 23) ...........................................69 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act (R.S., 1985, ch. C-23) ...........................................71 - iv - TABLE OF CONTENTS RESPONDENTS’ FACTUM Page Volume I (cont’d) Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (2001, ch. 29) ...........................................72 Employment Equity Act (1995, ch. 44) ...........................................74 Official Languages Act (1985, ch. 31 (4th supp.)) ...........................................76 Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2005 ch. 10 ...........................................77 - French version ...........................................80 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act (an Act to establish the), 1984, ch. 21 ...........................................83 An Act to establish the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (administrative codification, September 2006) .........................................130 Volume II Bill C-57 - an Act establishing the Canadian Security Intelligence Act, 1984, ch. 21 .........................................159 FOREING LEGISLATION Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act, 1979 .........................................215